The memo criticized Dorsey for everything from the 2005 sale of half-ownership of the station to the Cardinals for $2 million, to his hiring and firing of on-air talent, to what it called the lavish lifestyles led by him and his two station-employed sons.

"It is obvious to us that he has mismanaged our station for years to such a degree that the value of our asset has diminished because of it," the unsigned memo said....

Despite cash infusions, KTRS has lost about $1 million a year for the last several years, including $320,000 in the first quarter of 2009, the memo said.

It blamed Dorsey for rosy projections about the revenue the station could get from Cardinals broadcasts. Based on those assurances, investors sold to the Cardinals at a fraction of the station's potential worth only to see revenue estimates fall well short, the memo said.
It also questioned why Dorsey paid Cardinals broadcaster John Rooney $80,000 for occasional on-air appearances, even though he was being paid by the Cardinals, and

The memo also took Dorsey to task for spending "tens of thousands of dollars wining and dining at St. Louis' finest restaurants," and his use of limousines, luxury hotels and first-class airport lounges."...via Radio Daily News

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